POLITIČKO PREDSTAVLJANJE NACIONALNIH MANJINA: HRVATSKO ISKUSTVO
THE POLITICAL REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES: A CROATIAN EXPERIENCE

Author(s): Siniša Tatalović
Subject(s): Politics, Constitutional Law, Sociology, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Ethnic minorities; Croatia; political representation; elections; representatives of national minorities
Summary/Abstract: The rights of national minorities in different states exercised in different ways. Th ere are very few countries in Europe that in addition to cultural autonomy, and ensure political representation of national minorities at all levels of government. In reviewing the political representation of national minorities, it is interesting to Croatian experience. Croatia its national minorities to political representation at the local, regional and national level. In the Croatian case, it is about political representation in bodies of municipalities, towns and counties, through directly elected representatives and councils and representatives of national minorities. At the national level, national minorities elect their representatives to the Croatian Parliament, or may be established and its national coordination or council. By action of a large number of political representatives at all levels of government, national minorities are significantly improved its position in the past few years. However, we still face the same sort of problems. In this paper, analyzes the exercise of political representation of national minorities in Croatia. Special analyzes the problems in exercising these rights.

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